Chapter Ninety-Four: Avalanche
Just as Magui ordered the hoarding of food, the door to the new world opened.
They didn't kill the deer, in fact, they didn't want to kill the four-legged things, they could use them to carry the baggage, and the banner army even captured a large, two, small and three-headed white bear, put on the halters, and are now giving them cannons.
As for whether the white bear is willing or not...... If you don't want to, it's useless, the rope is connected to the left front leg and the right hind leg, you can't run or stand up, your mouth can't open yet, you can only be led away.
Wild beasts, wild beasts, where are there wild people?
Once you understand that people are inherently dead, or they will freeze to death if they are fed or starved to death, the rest of the matter will be much easier to solve.
Wherever they could see animals, they could eat them.
After the two-pound artillery wagon joined the Ming army in the wildest hunting activities in North Asia, a group of walruses basking on the ice under the peak of the lake were killed.
It was like an unbridled carnival, and the prepared hunters lined up the shore to meet the artillery arrays and birds, and the few remaining elephants that slipped through the net were killed by the birds' guns in full swing.
The banner army began to believe that America was indeed as Chen Mu said, not only about the cold, but also about the wealth - walrus tusk, which was a precious thing that the savage Jurchen paid tribute to the imperial court, also known as the horn.
Ma Gui didn't care about this, he was only grateful for the protection of the heavens, and the food that he thought would take months to obtain was just like a skirmish, and a huge amount of fresh meat was at his fingertips.
Having been fishing and hunting since landing, they still had rice in their baggage, and after harvesting walrus meat and retrieving the shells, they easily scraped together enough meat for March and continued their journey south.
With food in his hands and no panic in his heart, he did not rush to order all his subordinates to set off, one hundred and ten wounded soldiers remained in the Shuihufeng camp, although most of them were injured, they could take care of themselves and others, and the remaining more than six hundred people were ready to carry the baggage needed to set off, and sent the Jurchens who rode deer to continue to explore south along the coast.
First probe out the coastal terrain roughly, until you find the next foothold, Magui has the confidence to continue to move forward.
When Ma Gui was still under Ma Fang's command, Ma Fang often said that the beginning of a battle in a few years was often at this time - as a warning to these generals not to let their guard down.
For Ma Gui now, this is the case, any frivolous decision will make them fall into a situation from which they will never recover.
Riding a deer is sometimes a very unreliable thing in Ma Gui's opinion, because some of his subordinates do ride deer out, and they don't come back when they should come back, and they go out several days late when they come back.
There have also been cases where people have walked in sled dogs, and they have been so lost that they can't come back.
But there is always someone who can come back.
In the middle of the night, the banner soldiers in the camp shouted in horror, and Ma Gui, who was awakened, was so frightened that his back was cold, and he was not afraid of the enemy, because he knew very well that there was no enemy here, not to mention that even if he met the enemy, he would not be afraid to fight with any enemy in this world with his bird guns and artillery.
The great fear that was really hidden in his heart was Ying Xiao.
Because of this, he deliberately separated the camp, and they were in a desperate situation overseas, and even the most resilient soldiers were likely to collapse at such a time, not to mention the various sources of the banner army, and there were four or five feuding tribes among the Jurchen soldiers alone.
Once there is a camp roar, those who are sober-minded take this opportunity to take revenge and revenge, and they can't figure it out and follow the gang to start a fight, and the whole army will be abolished.
But he listened to the frenzied shouting outside in the barracks, and it seemed that everyone in the camp and the fisherman's house under the peak of the lake was awakened and was screaming wildly, which made him shudder.
Even if he trampled with the Mongol cavalry, he did not feel afraid now.
Putting on his coat and drawing his sword, Magui strode out of the barracks, and was about to draw his sword and cut off the first subordinate who saw the roaring and screaming to calm the hearts of the army, he raised his head and only glanced at it hurriedly, and then fixed on the spot.
With a choking thud, the sword fell to the ground.
He looked at the crooked and bright moon, saw the sky full of stars, and saw a long green light hanging in the sky from the top of the mountain in the distance, and the earth covered with ice and snow was illuminated with brilliance, no less than day.
His people aren't crazy, God is crazy.
"A vision from above?"
Seeing that no one was paying attention to him, Ma Gui quietly picked up the sword in his hand, looked back and hesitated for a moment, and then walked forward with firm steps, calling the flag army back to the house and getting dressed and coming out to line up along the way.
In China, people respect and believe in heaven because it can bring benefits to people, and the most important thing is that the ancestors said that there is always luck in heaven.
To put it bluntly, God can think whatever he wants, but don't delay my business.
Thou hast been in good weather, and I have been worshipping all year after year; If it rains heavily, I will provide relief, and if you make the Yellow River burst, I will block it.
All the good things belong to you, and the bad things are safe for me.
If this is the Great Wall of Datong and the light of the sky is revealed like this, Magui will open the altar to worship the heavens, telling the soldiers that this is a warning from heaven to people, and it is estimated that the Mongols will enter the Kou and go south.
But this is North Asia Melica, and it is already difficult for them to survive, and there should be no more worries about celestial phenomena.
So when the flag army was dressed, Ma Gui said: "Pull out the cannons, all." ”
The banner army was stunned, even Ma Jin couldn't figure out what his brother was going to do, Ma Gui said to the banner army: "A vision from the sky, it means that the weather has changed recently, warning us to continue to the south, to find a warmer place, do you see that mountain?" ”
It is said that treating the enemy is the wish of heaven and man.
It is not easy to pull out all the artillery.
Before they set off, they had more than a dozen boats, two of which hit an ice floe and sank while exploring the sea route, one capsized under the wind and waves, and the other barely drove back to the island and could not be repaired.
More than a dozen ships are big ships for insurance, and the smallest grain ships are all in the shape of 400 ships, not to mention those warships that can carry more than a dozen guns per ship.
Hundreds of artillery pieces, because of Ma Gui's order, lined up in three columns towards the high mountains in the north under the Shuihu Peak, but it took a lot of effort for the banner army, but each of them warmed up, sweated profusely, and smoked.
"Boom—tell God, we know."
Which one of the banner troops dares to move, and who dares to do the thing of cannon bombardment?
Ma Gui saw this, snatched the torch from the hand of the flag army, ignited the medicine line, and carved the war horse cavalry General Zhenshuo was shot out of the head, he held the war sword and shouted: "The order is given by me, if there is a punishment, it will naturally be punished by me, just listen to the order, boom!" ”
A cannon blasted out, and the ground shook the mountains - it really shook the mountains, the mountains were extremely far away, and whether the shells could hit them or not was one thing, but the peaks of the water lakes a few miles away rumbled, the snow and ice fell like clouds, and the thunderous sound caused the collapse of many mountain peaks from near to far.
Luckily, it was the other direction, and there was no mountain near them.
The might of heaven and earth frightened the banner army, and Ma Gui was even more soaked, so he ordered all the cannons to be hidden that night - he didn't plan to use them in the future.
But that night, the banner army that explored the road to the south galloped back, bringing back shocking news.
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